Ryder cup: Italian brothers, Edoardo Molinari and Francesco Molinari shine at Loch Lomond
Least expected Molinari brothers score the lowest at the Ryder cup making the debut to be the first brothers to qualify for the final round. It must have been a proud moment for their parents knowing that both of their talented sons are in the list of bring back the trophy and the prize money.
Both the brothers are performing extraordinary this year at the Scottish open and this could be a history writing moment, when a record will be written down. The brothers are expected to be in the Sundays finals at the majestic course of Loch Lomond.
Edoardo Molinari scored 63 making it 15 under the par, the lowest possible score of the week. While Francesco Molinari made it through with the aggregate of 68. Darren Clarke made the first round six under par 65 on Friday.
Although Edoardo Molinari expects Francesco Molinari to shoot few birdies and get in the first two positions on Monday. Edoardo Molinari, who also enjoyed the tremendous performance of Darren Clarke, made a three shot deficit to keep an edge for him. Regarding his own expectations of winning the Ryder cup, he is still unsure of how he did make it through because he was not expecting to qualify for the cup early this year.
Just for the reminder Francesco and Edoardo Molinari won an amazing three way final round victory by one stroke in the previous year’s world cup of golf at the mission hills. They settled with four under par 68 with the total score of 29 under par .The overall scoring throughout the match was very high because of the heavy spells of rain at Loch Lomond. The Irish man Darren Clarke began with a good start with a shot behind Molinari at 5 over 76, followed by Raphael Jacqueline.
Winning this Ryder cup will take Edoardo Molinari to qualify for a position in Celtic Manor in October. Francesco Molinari too performed really well but with the blessing of heavy rains, he had to settle with 68 the lowest score in the Friday’s event. Francesco is the 8th on the European points list, which makes a nomination for the top player in the Ryder s cup. Both the brothers are very excited to be the part of the last match and this enthusiasm might just bring good news back home.
According to Molinari brothers, they do not remember the last time when they were not together on some victory. This is the moment which makes the family of the Italian brothers very proud.
Regarding the consistency of Edoardo Molinari, he has been putting really well and had missed only few cuts. Whereas for Francesco, it’s a little more of some putting action and patience which can bring the lowest out the younger 21 year old brother.
Edoardo claims that he is not thinking of winning at the moment, he is just playing, what he really feels would set his mood will be Francesco ending in 60. With a driving distance of 284.5, putting average of 1.772, 84 eagles per hole and the birdies average of 3.43, the older Molinari have good chances to finish as the number 1. The stats of Francesco Molinari show that a driving distance of 283.5, a putting average of 1.764, birdie average of 3.86 and no eagle is not far away from the winning edge. A few more numbers of birdies can do the trick.
Both the brothers are very good players but what makes Edoardo better is his putting, at the same time, Francesco stands ahead of his older brother being better at the iron. No doubt, Francesco is the best iron player on the tour according to the stats. This team of brothers can bring some spectacular moments in the history of golf, so keep watching golf.
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